Peripheral artery angioplasty is a procedure to treat peripheral arterial disease of the legs. The procedure widens narrowed arteries in the pelvis or legs. It can help blood flow better. This may ...

It was too late to save her leg and it had to be amputated below the knee, says Dr Pankaj Patel, a senior vascular surgeon in Mumbai. Before the amputation, he performed an angioplasty to widen ...

On occasion, regional anesthesia, including nerve blocks, may be used if there is a vascular obstruction in the legs. Because balloon angioplasty is used to correct severely impaired blood ...